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A’s Rough Up Gray, Yankees

A day after hanging out at Sonny Gray ‘s house and catching up with his buddy, Kendall Graveman faced him at Yankee Stadium. Khris Davis, Matt Chapman, Jed Lowrie and Matt Joyce all homered and the Oakland Athletics beat the Yankees 10-5 Friday night, leaving New York with back to back losses for the first time in more than a month. The A’s had lost three in a row before tagging Gray, their former ace. Oakland has won five straight overall against the Yankees. Recalled from the minors to make the start, Graveman (1-5) worked quickly and efficiently, needing just 43 pitches to get through the first four innings. “It was kind of a unique feeling to step on the same rubber as him in the same game,” Graveman said. The Athletics’ opening day starter, Graveman was optioned to Triple-A after going 0-5 with an 8.89 ERA. He allowed four runs, only one of them earned, on three hits and two walks over six innings, striking out four. Marcus Semien drove in four runs for the A’s, three on a double in the ninth inning. Davis led off the second inning with his 10th home run, driving a fastball into the right-field bleachers. After Matt Olson singled, Chapman hit an 0-2 pitch 429 feet into the loading dock in center for a 3-0 lead. Gray (2-3) was acquired from Oakland just before last year’s trade deadline for outfielder Dustin Fowler and two minor leaguers. Drafted 18th overall in 2011, Gray… [Read full story]